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Sony breach shows Amazon cloud’s appeal

For three pennies an hour, hackers can rent Amazon.com Inc.’s servers to wage cyber attacks such as the one that crippled Sony Corp.’s PlayStation Network and led to the second-largest online data breach in U.S. history. A hacker used Amazon’s Elastic Computer Cloud, or EC2, service to attack Sony’s online entertainment systems last month, a person with knowledge of the matter said May 13. The intruder, who used a bogus name to set up an account that’s now disabled, didn’t hack into Amazon’s servers, the person said.

 

Amazon Issues Mea Culpa

Amazon.com issued a detailed account of last week's Web-services outage in which it apologized for the shutdown and offered a service credit to customers.

 

Amazon profit falls 32.8 percent though sales soar

Amazon.com Inc reported that first-quarter sales rose 38.2 percent, above analysts' forecasts.

 

Wal-Mart Tests Home Delivery of Groceries

The retailer launched the new service in San Jose, Calif., as it seeks to adapt to competitive threats from Amazon.com and others.

 

Amazon’s Trouble Raises Cloud Computing Doubts

Companies are expected to reassess backup and recovery after the interruption at Amazon Web Services.

 

Amazon to Add Library Lending to Kindle

Amazon to Add Library Lending to Kindle

Amazon.com said it will allow readers to borrow Kindle books free at more than 11,000 U.S. libraries, a new twist in the growing battle for market share among electronic tablet makers.

 

Amazon Cuts Price of Kindle Reader, With Caveat

Amazon Cuts Price of Kindle Reader, With Caveat

Amazon will lower the price of its electronic reader by showing ads as screensavers and at the bottom of the home screen, and by selling special offers.

 

How A Completely Blank Book Became An Amazon Bestseller

How A Completely Blank Book Became An Amazon Bestseller

I stared at my computer screen. There, sitting in my inbox was an email that confirmed the world around me had gone totally and utterly, bone-fide, stark-raving, strait-jacket wearing, mad. I read the first line. It said:“Shed! Your book is number 44 on Amazon... Congratulations!”

 

Amazon launches music service

Amazon launches music service

Amazon has just entered the streaming music business with the launch of Cloud Player, a music player that lets anyone upload their music to Amazon's servers and play them via the web or Android.

 

Amanda Hocking Signs Four-Book Deal With St. Martin's Press

Amanda Hocking Signs Four-Book Deal With St. Martin's Press

Amanda Hocking, the 26-year-old author who shot to fame by selling more than a million copies of her self-published books, has signed up with a traditional publisher for her next series.St. Martin’s Press, part of Macmillan, will publish Ms. Hocking’s “Watersong” series, four books in the young-adult paranormal genre.A heated auction for the rights to publish her books began early last week, and several major publishers, including Random House, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins, dropped out as the price climbed into the seven figures.

 

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